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The pack of lies continues.

My mother isn’t my mother.
A werewolf wants me for his one-and-only baby mama
Oh! And I’m the new leader of a tribe I joined weeks ago.

Messed up doesn’t begin to explain it.

I’m more desperate than ever to uncover an explanation for Mum’s mounting betrayals. Because this time, I’m not sure forgiveness is possible.

But the mating meets with Sascha must continue if I want to escape our bond for good. An entire tribe is relying on me to win a centuries-old game against freakin’ shifters. And at this point, well… I have a few secrets of my own.

Keeping them is the new game.

Would you confess the truth and risk forfeiting the one person you have left?


If you can’t get enough of books by Shannon Mayer, Jaymin Eve, and Laura Thalassa, or just anything paranormal romance, then enter this supernatural game and prepare to win everything… or lose it all.

This book contains sexual scenes, language, and violence.

364 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 2, 2020

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About the author

Kelly St. Clare

67 books3,242 followers
When USA Today bestselling author, Kelly St Clare is not reading or writing, she is lost in her latest reverie.

Books have always been magical and mysterious to her. One day she decided to start unravelling this mystery and began writing.

The Tainted Accords was her debut series. The After Trilogy is now available.

A New Zealander in origin and in heart, Kelly currently resides in Australia with her soon-to-be husband, a great group of friends, and some huntsman spiders who love to come inside when it rains. Their love is not returned.

Find out more at her website, and claim a free paranormal dystopian short story, coloring book, and free bonus chapters from The Tainted Accords.

http://www.kellystclare.com/free-gift

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Profile Image for Ronda.
890 reviews179 followers
July 27, 2022
OMG

I did not think this book would be better than the first but wow was I wrong!

The feelings around this book pretty much matched the first book, fun, emotional, nail biting and more but the mystery was stronger and no matter how much I tried to second guess the answers, I was wrong (again!).

These characters are super amazing, I love Andie & Sacha and their stories, I love the plot lines around them both and the mysteries of their histories. I am absolutely obsessed with this world!!!

I am so pleased I have the 3rd book to dive into, I'm not sure that I could live and breathe this book without having the next instalment to plunge into! I am so eager to find out what is going to happen...

Highly recommended if you love shifters!!!
Profile Image for Mikky.
976 reviews275 followers
dnf
February 15, 2021
DNF At 4 hours and 43 minutes (Audio Book)

Here we are yet again. I declare that I carry an unpopular opinion where this book is concerned! 😂

What am I missing that everyone else is seeing while reading this book/series?! I made it through the first book and it was ok at best. This one needs to be burned in the fire of my rage! Andie was so dense and really just plain stupid if you ask me. Her sense of loyalty to these people is offputting. Especially when you take into consideration that she was manipulated into this fanatic group of overzealous humans. Her mother left all she knew, her damn home, for Andie to be far away from all this. Why in the HECK is she insisting on staying? Well, I guess now she has no choice on the matter. *facepalm* Andie likes to think of herself as smart but all she's going is regurgitating textbook information at the drop of a hat. It doesn't even sound like her when it happens. She and Sascha's witty banter is the best part of these books. Too bad it doesn't happen more often.

Sascha is a saint! The man takes hit after hit and still finds it in himself to care, respect, and banter with the brick wall that is Andie. Even his wolf is better to read about than the doormat Andie. At least they're interesting and don't repeat the same things over and over again in their heads every other paragraph to try and justify the brainwashing they are going through.

Profile Image for Milla .
648 reviews402 followers
April 8, 2021
This book delivered exactly what I expected:



I screamed the whole way through. I swear every single one of my highlights are in all caps lmao this book pissed me the fuck off. But now it's over and onto the next which I'm hoping is significantly better now that all the stupid secrets are out and Andie is done being her tribe's lil bitch.
Profile Image for Lily.
261 reviews32 followers
December 21, 2020
Disappointing. The first book was amazing and the Vampire Tower series is one of my recent favs.

In this book, the premise just did not hold up for me at all. Nothing made sense in context.

▪️ Andie does not know these people. She had two nice group moments with them in the last book. Why is she sacrificing her entire life to lead them in some dumb war? Why does she feel guilty for betraying them in any way? Why does this fanatic cult of humans let a 21 year old stranger come in and lead them....they are humans. There's no monarchy.

▪️ Did she miss the fact that her bio father had a gun pointed at her, ready to shoot? I understand grief makes people crazy but it was so frustrating watching her ignore that big fact for 50% of the book. This is the same girl who constantly put her cousin in her place in the first book and was very reluctant to trust her uncle like 2 weeks ago. All of a sudden, blind trust and loyalty to them? Codependency to her addict mother made sense but this does not.

▪️ The war was goofy in the last book, before people died. I assumed it was just a way for these weirdos to let off steam in a semi serious way. But now after deaths and the revelation of very high stakes on the werewolf side, nothing makes sense. These werewolves are much much more powerful than humans AND they can change humans to wolves by simply biting them. Why exactly are they playing so nice? In Vampire Towers it made sense because you had two uber powerful, egotistical vampire kings on each side. Their financial stakes also made a lot of sense. Here, there is no logical reason for the wolves not to just take what they want. And there is absolutely no reason for regular humans to sacrifice their entire lives and children for this game. Just move!! Don't even get me started on the half baked business side of things.

The saving graces of this book were Andie's new furry "friend" and her relationship with Sashca. They retain kindness and respect for each other while keeping the chemistry and slow burn piping hot. I'll be reading the next book because we can probably expect a lot more of that.
Profile Image for TJ ☾.
835 reviews1,899 followers
March 24, 2021
Wade is the true MVP in this book his scenes had me rollinggggg.
Rhona, youssa b*tch, but you already knew that.
I hope that Andie and her make up in the end but my hopes aren't high just based off everything they have to overcome.
The sexy scenes kind of disappointed me if I'm being real. I didn't feel the tension, the build up. It almost felt clinical which is not what you want out of intimate moments. Still, I'm a Sascha fan.

"I refuse to talk with dogs." Rhona burst to standing.
"That's the only language I speak," Sascha said. "Woof."




Lmaooooo give me book three pls and thank ya.
Profile Image for Elizabeth.
3,694 reviews329 followers
June 7, 2023
Ugh. This book was messy! There were so many betrayals and hatred, that it was exhausting.

And sadly, we get some explanations but they make no sense. The world building in this book is so inconsistent.

Things that I allowed in the first book because I was having fun really became more and more irritating in this book because it wasn't fun. It was grueling to read this. The romance wasn't fun because there's this biological imperative that they be together while she hates him. And it doesn't end being messy.

She's betrayed a gazillion times and lacks support. Except from some random dude.

We get an explanation of what happened to her parents (which ones?) but the explanation makes no sense. I don't want to include spoilers her but this was so convoluted and I just want to whine to someone. So, perhaps I will include spoilers.

SPOILER ALERT!!!! 🚨





1. She's actually the daughter of Herc and his wife. But her "mom" stole her away as a baby. Why!? Cause she was running away and happened to be babysitting Andie at the time!? What? Thats no explanation.

2. Her "dad" had become a werewolf which is why he left the valley. Uh. Except we're told that Andie can't leave the valley now that she's a werewolf. Huh?

3. The game was set up so they could peacefully address their fights. And the businesses transfer depending on the outcome. Uh. How could any business survive the leadership changes? It's weird to think you could have a weekly back and forth. All their energy and time is spent on the game. It's shocking that they have any energy for anything else.

4. Andie gets a wolf who is immediately opinionated and talking. The wolf adores Sascha the man but hates Greyson the wolf. So confusing. Also, now that she's a wolf, she has to constantly shift. OR DIE. Uh. But not the other wolves seem fine being in their human shape for most of the time.

5. Andie's personality seems to shift from the beginning of the book.

6. Andie becomes head steward and somehow knows what to do even tho she's barely lived in the valley for a month? Same thing when she becomes a wolf. She's special and can figure everything out, including partial shifts, on her own?

7. Rhona is endlessly backstabbing and cruel. She's all about violence. Ugh. How can the tribe be about protecting the valley for life when everything they do builds up hate!?

8. The number of times that Andie lies and hides what's going on... ugh. It's hard to see someone who started off so forthright and accepting be so secretive and dishonest.

Sigh. This series is not as fun as it started.

This review captures what I think about this series and why it's not worth reading Book 3: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Namera [The Literary Invertebrate].
1,435 reviews3,754 followers
December 13, 2020
Thankfully, this book was released just the day before I got to it, so I didn't have to wait at all after what was, frankly, an EVIL cliff-hanger. Though this hasn't helped me too much since there's still a month to go until Book 3 releases...

This book has all the good things from the first instalment - clever heroine, adorable romance, sweet alpha hero, fast-paced action - times ten. And the bad things have been minimised too. I can't wait for the sequel.

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1,089 reviews774 followers
January 10, 2021
Mild Spoilers

Pretty much the same thoughts I had with the first book. Loved everything about it except the heroine 🤷. Did I hate Rhona and Valerie? Sure. But I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to hate them right now. Not so sure if the heroine is meant to come off as weak as she is right now though. She has literally ZERO backbone. I get that she was trying to take the soft approach and be a good leader, but it showed time and time again that it didn't work and just made her seem even weaker that she didn't learn nor change anything.

She's been treated, consistently, badly by her sister and the humans, and yet, she still keeps making excuses for them. Luckily she started finally seeing the Luther's side more, but her constant defending and excusing her sister and letting things slide, just showed me that she wasn't as tough or smart as I thought she would be. I thought maybe she was holding it all in and she would finally snap from her sister going too far and from everyone constantly distrusting her or condemning her over rumors, after all she's been trying to do for them, but nope. Until the very end she takes the blame herself and still excuses Rhona, even after all the crap that Rhona has been pulling, one event especially being completely unexcusable.

She never once stood up for herself, but you know who has? The hero. The same hero that she purposely cheated the game so he can lose a grid. I thought she was honorable and all that? By the end, she pretty much deserved what came for her for playing and lying to both sides. I only wish she learns to finally stand up for herself like she use to and learn to not be used or take any crap from the humans. Sadly though, I have a feeling that she's still gonna cater to them, and she'll probably forgive them without them even apologizing🙄

Anyways, still a great series, but I'm really hoping the last book makes up for my annoyance of the heroine.

*ARC Provided In Exchange For A Honest Review*
Profile Image for ♦♣ queen of faerie ♠♥.
264 reviews204 followers
January 2, 2021
Really great second book that builds up the tension perfectly for the third. The story is developing so well and emotions are running high! Amazing lead character from Andie and the romance is sooooo good. Excited to read the third book.



→ 4 stars
Profile Image for Kel Carpenter.
Author 76 books2,151 followers
November 12, 2020
I got an ARC of this amazingness. You will hear no spoilers from me but what I will tell you is...

There is more abs.
More nekked Sasha.
Have I mentioned I wanna lick him?

Oh, and our girl, Andie, is alright too. 🤣

But seriously, if you’re on the fence take the leap. Kelly is creative in her world building and brings the steaming hot tension in this NA paranormal romance series.
Profile Image for Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*.
2,966 reviews1,197 followers
June 23, 2023
I still get annoyed with some of her loyalty claims, but her infighting with sister came out interesting,finally seeing the truth with Herc, and tons of #TeamWade - that character makes the book honestly - a mate for him in sight I hope???
Profile Image for TheBookPlatypus.
1,243 reviews264 followers
August 25, 2022
Holy plot twists!

Andie gets bitten by an unknown wolf and ends up with a wolf herself. More secrets are being held from the tribe and it’s weighing on her heart every single day. But she has to keep the fact that she is now a shifter, a secret.

Her sister has become her number one enemy. Who we thought she was in book one, she is now one evil twisted brat and book two.
And ask for her father? Let’s just say he was nothing of what we thought he was. This book really shows a lot of truth behind this family. And the entire tribe. More people are holding onto secrets. And they get let loose towards the end of the book.

Sascha is doing everything he can to gain Andie’s trust and her heart. She’s a stubborn one though and just wants these meeting rituals done and over with.
But through this book you see that her feelings for him are becoming more real. And towards the end of the book? Its Sascha that’s holding her and giving her strength.

“If the world wasn’t between us, we’d already be in each others arms. Our situation keeps us apart. “
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Profile Image for Rain.
2,590 reviews21 followers
May 21, 2021
This book was frustrating. Andie's mother left all this for a reason. You’d think Andie would remember that, but she allows this odd group of “family” to manipulate her. The laser tag game is still so lame. People have died, the werewolves are SO much more powerful than the humans, whyyyy are they being so nice? None of this makes any sense.

Also, Andie is only 21 and now she’s in charge of this tribe? After a couple months? Did her dad WANT the wolves to win?
My mother wasn’t my mother. My father was her brother. My cousin was my sister. And Sascha Greyson, tribe enemy number one, wanted me for his baby mama.
Sascha is ridiculously patient with Andie. What an awful potential mate Andie is! This is a slow burn, no real steam in this book either…but lots of chemistry.

-We learn the truth of what happened to Murphy all those years ago
-We learn the truth about Herc
-We learn the truth about Ragna taking the baby (but that doesn't even make sense!)
-We learn the truth about Pascal, and we learn the truth about the spicy smelling werewolf

What I don't understand is really what happened to Rhona to make her switch from being a best friend/cousin/sister to a complete psychopath?
Profile Image for Deb.
686 reviews
December 8, 2021
5 stars

Another fantastic read. This is a shifter series like no other, it has a mystery interwoven within its pages. Book two answers some of those mysteries, so it will be interesting to see where the author goes with book 3. I love the characters in this series, the interactions between them wonderfully crafted. Very much worth the read.
Profile Image for Katyana.
1,808 reviews288 followers
December 26, 2020
***2.5***

Andie tips further into TSTL in this book, keeping secrets that are utterly pointless to try and keep. Everyone was going to fucking find out, and lying about it makes it worse. Being honest from the get-go was her only possible good option, but this is a lesson Andie never fucking learns and we see her make this same stupid choice over and over.

The situation with Rhona was also really stupid, and hurt the book. Seeing Andie - a survivor who has had to rely on herself and only herself for her whole damn life - turn into a spineless doormat for someone who has frankly been shitty to her for 80% of their interactions was gross. And Andie being a doormat just allowed Rhona to keep turning it up and up and up, getting worse with every interaction.

Andie was also shitty to the only people who actually do care about her in this book, too, for no real reason.

The end result is that I don't like Andie very much. And I loathe the tribe, who have proven that they are disgusting human beings to fall for Rhona's bullshit and violence, and her obvious lies - they even got Neve up there to prove the financial one was a lie! But the next can of bullshit, the tribe just drinks right down with a smile.

I'd like to see them all gutted, frankly. I think the wolves should stop playing and just kill them. It's obvious Rhona is going to do the same to them, so take the gloves off and rip their throats out. And Andie can just live with it, because at least half this shitshow is her own fault.

Ugh. Ends on a cliffhanger. I don't know if I'll read the next one because I don't really like any of the characters anymore. Sascha overreacted in book 1 and made a mess. His pack seems to somehow hate Andie for no reason I can understand. And they keep saying stuff about her being unworthy ... what in the fuck has she ever done to them that they'd rule her unworthy? Honestly, fuck the pack. And fuck the tribe. Fuck Rhona most of all, but fuck Pascal for keeping a secret like that and allowing all of this to happen. If she was AT ALL a decent human being she'd come out with the truth of what a fucking monster Herc is. But she's not a decent human being, she's a cowardly shit, just like everyone else in the tribe.

Except Wade. He's great, but so secondary he has no control over how anything plays out, so he's just a cool background figure.

Ugh. I'm so irritated I want to drop this down to 2 stars now. But we'll keep it at 2.5 and see.
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Profile Image for Leslie.
5 reviews2 followers
December 7, 2020
I’m a big fan of Kelly St. Clare but this book left me feeling like I had wasted hours of my time. Between Andie and Rhona, it was a struggle to finish. They’re both awful in this book in different ways. What really left me wanting to give up on the series, though, are the plot holes.

In book one, we find out that Andie grew up knowing nothing of Deception Valley. Her mom went to considerable lengths to hide it from her, even sabotaging her feelings for her dad by making her believe that her “dad” abandoned her when he really didn’t. Ragna spent 21 years lying to Andie about her very existence, her home and actively keeping Andie away from family. It read to me - very clearly- that Ragna was afraid for Andie’s life and was protecting her so that she would never go looking for her “dad,” and never go looking for Deception Valley.

And then in the very end of this book, you find out the reason that Andie was raised away from Deception Valley, and it makes NO SENSE.

None of the lies, deception, the hiding etc from book one are explained by the reasons given in this book. It’s like two completely different people wrote these books and didn’t bother to exchange notes on character and plot development. What a big disappointment.
Profile Image for Soph .
246 reviews39 followers
December 6, 2020
I love this series ! I am flawed by how much I adore andies bravery and emotional maturity. Secrets come out and big twists happen ! Which only adds to the plot and the tension. The series has a small link to the other vampire series by the same author ! Which of you havnt read -DO IT NOW !!

This is a paranormal romance ✔️
MF 1:1 ✔️
Werewolves ✔️
Prolly 3-4 books in the series ✔️


Sascha is hunky alpha wolf who is patient and gentle but at the same time a little growly and so so so so enticing. Their tension is saucy and delicious !!! There are a few plot holes in terms of the actual “fake” battles and stuff and swapping of businesses but over all that can be over looked because the book is 90% about the relationships and about andie and sascha.

I highly recommend this series !!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Profile Image for Daisy Delfin.
1,490 reviews179 followers
June 6, 2023
Review is about the Supernatural Battle: Werewolf Dens #1 - #3 (Trilogy).
Supernatural Battle world consists of two finished Trilogy and a third one which is not finished yet.
The first Trilogy is Vampire Towers, which should be read before Werewolf Dens, if you plan to read all books of the Supernatural Battle world. But if you are not interested in Vampire Towers, you can read Werewolf Dens without prior knowledge of the Supernatural Battle world. But some characters of the Vampire Towers will appear in the second and third book of Werewolf Dens.

I loved the Trilogy Werewolf Dens. Some of my friends like it better than Vampire Towers Series, but I couldn't pick a favorite. Because I liked both FMCs, even though they have different background. Basi (the Vampire Tower FMC) doesn't know a lot about problems people face who are not rich. Andi, the Werewolf Dens FMC, is poor. She had to take care of her mother who died of cancer at the beginning of the book. She is used to rely on herself where as Basi has her Grandmother, Butler and other people whom she can rely on. I like that the FMCs are so completely different. But the face the same Problem: They are thrown into a supernatural battle and have to win it for the humans, while changing their view of life and what is of importance.

I liked both MMC, but I liked Sasha and Greyson, a little bit better than the Vampire MMC.

I enjoyed how the plot build. If you are expecting a lot of smut, you for sure picked the wrong Series. Because the romance is slow burn. I like that most of both Series is about the plot. Also that the author found a way to intertwine the Vampires, the wolfs and the humans in this series. There were scene where I would really laugh a lot but also sad scenes.

The side characters are great to I loved Wade!

Thank you #cakeeaters, for reading this together and Che for suggesting it!
Profile Image for Lisa.
447 reviews24 followers
May 16, 2021
Best ever

This was EVERYTHING I needed, yet again! It had drama, excitement, so much pain and juicy plot twists right up until the last chapter. Granted no sex but wow the chemistry between them is bloody hot, the storyline’s and humour are outstanding
I have to mention Wade omg he is the best I love him too good and funny,
Now the sister I want to kill her so badly.
Poor pastel that broke my heart.
Bring on book 3 I think I’ve found my new favourite series
Profile Image for Liv .
663 reviews69 followers
April 28, 2021
Am I a hopeless addict to this series now? Yes

Is some of it a little bit predictable? Yes

Are there still some original twists to the storyline? Yes

Am I enjoying it a whole lot? Yes
Profile Image for Ana.
385 reviews342 followers
February 23, 2023
This book was a rollercoaster of emotions, I couldn’t stop reading it.
Profile Image for Rhiannon Chillingworth.
836 reviews220 followers
December 6, 2020
This was just outstanding.

I adore this series so much and don't really know how I can gush about it more in my reviews.

Everything about it in just top notch. The angst and the stakes are so high in this book, but never did it cross the line into over the top or annoying, as can often be the case. The balance between plot and relationship development is so spot on, as well. Considering Sashca's actions at the end of book 1, he and Andie don't exactly start in a good place, but I loved how real their development was throughout the book.

I'm also so impressed with Andie's character development. Considering what happened at the end if book 1, and her own ignorance about Luthers and the prejudice on both sides, she had a lot to work through, but her change in attitude was again, totally believable and sensitively done.

I also loved the big twist with what happened to her. It was excellent.

Just like with Kyros and the presentation of vampires, I love the way werewolves are presented. Yes, Sashca is an alpha, but there's a gentleness to him and his attitude that just makes total sense for a wolf, a leader of a pack or tribe, to feel. I love him a lot.

So, if you haven't read this series, go right now. And, if you're super lucky and you haven't read her vampire series, then I am jealous because I adore that, too. This is seriously the good stuff, guys!
Profile Image for Deanna.
584 reviews96 followers
December 26, 2020
4.5 stars to another fast-paced read! I like how Sascha and Andie weren't adversaries in this one, but rather on opposite sides of a turf war trying to work together towards a common goal (for the most part). There was still the cat and mouse dynamic, but Sascha is this patient, rugged, intelligent man, while Andie navigates leading the human team to success while grappling with a mutinous crew.
"You're running from your past. But I'm not your past, Andie. I'm here to stay. You will always have me. So stop running."
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, St. Clare's writing style is so engaging and I love the constant occasional sarcastic quip.
"Sometimes you say stuff and I imagine you with a beard and a staff."
"Like Gandalf?"
"Who's Gandalf?"
"That's disgusting. Educate yourself."
<-- HAHA yes.
Definitely looking forward to the last book! Would recommend this series for fans of paranormal shifter books, sarcasm, and plenty of sexual tension.
Profile Image for Felicia.
598 reviews
June 28, 2021
Well, this was still good. However, it just got a little bit too much for me. Andie ended up making decisions during this book that just really didn't sit well with me. And she just kept making these terrible decisions. Which didn't seem like the strong headed heroine she was in the first story? Not sure, I still loved this because the games continued and learning more and more about those games and the strategies they use in them is so intriguing. :D
Profile Image for thewoollygeek (tea, cake, crochet & books).
2,811 reviews117 followers
January 2, 2021
As addictive as the first book, although I found Andie acted really immature at the start of the book, but she changes luckily, Sascha is a lot calmer and patient at points I would have told her where to go 😂 Rhonda turned out to be the bitch I thought she would be and what a twist with Pascal ! As I said addictive read and very happy with the end, I just need the third book now (thankgod it’s only a 2 week wait)
Profile Image for Ewa.
336 reviews13 followers
March 30, 2024
Dlaczego ona jest taka lojalna w stosunku do tego chujowego klanu?
Profile Image for Jessika.
363 reviews6 followers
November 25, 2020
Delicious and Devastating
The wait after the first book had kinda dulled my memory of how amazing this world and it's characters are..But the author did an awesome job of recapping without it feeling repetitive or annoying. After refreshing my memory, I dived into this book. I felt like I had been starving for this story and once I started reading I devoured it.
Andie continues to amaze me with how cunning and also how stubbornly she opposes any kind of help. Which is why I think it had to be forced on her to accept it. I can't wait for her to begin to lean on someone without facing the reprecussions or bracing for the fallout. Her friendship with Wade is a beautiful part of this story. It's platonic and so freaking pure and adds a much needed lightness to the story with humor. Rhona..I had hoped and wished for more from her, but she reverted to underhanded, disgraceful tactics. I can't help but hope that she is put in a position to learn from her mistakes.
Ohhh, now Sascha. Wow. This slow burn is scathing, but it's so deep. I love how aspects of the bond begin to unfurl with the two of them, even without Andie's acknowledgement. He methodically chips away at her walls with every meeting and I can NOT wait to see their relationship grow in the next book.
With this book, so many of our questions had been answered and yet I'm still on the edge of my seat waiting for more. I'm glad that Andie got some of her answers, I just hope she takes the time to process them all.. healthily. She deserves some peace.
While there are answers, there are also plot twists and betrayals abound.( Which I was practically salivating for a good betrayal )
This is one series I can't recommend enough!
Profile Image for Alyssia.
304 reviews
April 4, 2021
Even though this novel is an Urban Fantasy, it has a very YA feel. Heroine is new in town, she turns out to be a long lost tribe member. She's smarter than everyone with a great strategic mind. Perfect leadership material. So at 20/ 21 years of age after the death of the previous leader and knowing the tribe for weeks, she becomes leader. She's the best leader they've seen in generations. *Rolls eyes* Such a YA trope. She then proceeds to lie and deceive those she purports to lead. Her behaviour towards selfish and the antithesis of what a good leader should be.

The dynamic between her Rhona could have been an interesting one. Rhona has discovered her parents have lied to her an entire life, her father groomed her to be leader her entire life and ditched her for the long lost sister that rocked up in town mere weeks ago without knowledge. And now newly discovered big sis Andie is using Rhona to cover for when she can't be bothered to lead. It's so hypocritical Andie whines about her "mother" lying and deceiving her and then does same thing to her sibling and only family. She's then surprised when said sibling cottons on to said lies and stirs up dissension. Good on Rhona, it's frustrating that the author didn't explore Rhona's motivations, her resentments and the ingrained prejudices that led to her actions towards the end of the novel more deeply and chose to portray her as a spoilt brat who would never be as be as good as her perfect sister.It would have led to a much more nuanced and interesting novel. The characters with the traits that could easily lead them into bitch or villain tendencies are always more interesting. I also find the difference between Andie's reaction to the violence carried out by Rhona and Sacha's cold blooded killing at the end of the first novel to be interesting. It seems that her response to Rhona's action was much more severe despite Rhona's actions being a result of Sacha's earlier actions which she seemed to get over pretty quickly without any really consequences for Sacha.

Also is it just me or is there colonial undertones to this series? Werewolves are welcomed onto native land. After peacefully co-existing for a time, the wolves decide they want to own the land. The natives refuse. Conflict ensues. Does not seem like the werewolves are the good guys in this situation...

Also, this whole game thing doesn't make sense. The wolves seem physically stronger than the tribe, why didn't the wolves just take the land or even just turn enough of the natives so that the would be forced to align to the werewolf cause?

On the whole we got vanilla heroine who lies and deceives, who we're expected to believe is smart and a good leader despite all evidence to the contrary. Despite, the ending to this novel, I have no doubt that in book 3 Andie will be the saviour who brings peace and an end to a centuries old conflict and gets her mate. Rhona will not rise to the occasion and will instead realise that her father and Andie were right all along. She'll end up begging Andie for forgiveness and Andie will never own up to the fact that it was ultimately her actions and choices that caused much of the conflict in the second novel.
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July 12, 2021
3.5 Stars

I'm reading through this trilogy so fast, I can't even give it a 3 stars anymore.

It's not the most solid plot, Rhona makes me want to pull my hair out (seriously, she's probably one of my least favourite characters in a book EVER), and the romance is so slow that they haven't even kissed yet (though there was a little action finally in this book, it was short lived).

All that being said I'm getting through these books so fast that it deserves a 4 stars. Somehow it's just sucking me in and making me want to continue to read. I can't even really say why, other than the fact that it's easy and I just want to see this romance kick off. The slow burn is killing me and I. Love. It.

Wade is probably one of the best characters to exist, I want him to be my friend, and Andie can be aggravating at times (especially when it comes to Rhona...ugh), but I actually do like her too. She's smart, and has a lot of good ideas even though she's infuriating.
She let's herself get pushed around but that's called realism. I'm the same way and I despise it. I see people being critical about it in other reviews but I also think they're just used to seeing badass heroines that when a character isn't perfect and is frustrating, they dislike them. I appreciated the realistically annoying trait since I have it lol.

I can't wait to finish the third book because I need some action and a kiss, pronto!
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